Great Sadness at Lyadiny
Liadiny was blest with a magnificent collection of wooden church architectecture.
St Blaise’ Church of the Intercession built in 1761, the Church of the Epiphany built in 1793 and a fine 18th century bell tower. It was one of the few remaining three-part ensembles in Russia – summer church, winter church and bell tower. The Church of the Intercession had, unusually, retained its iconastasis resplendent with many icons together with a beautiful heavenly blue sky-ceiling.The churches had survived their desecration during Soviet times when they had been used as barns but sadly the Church of the Intercession and its bell tower are no more. The Church was struck by lightening on the 5th May this year – Easter Sunday.
links below to Matilda Moreton’s account of the tradgic events in English and Russian
http://www.opendemocracy.net/od-russia/matilda-moreton/easter-fire-descends-on-lyadiny
http://www.archnadzor.ru/2013/06/01/nebesnyiy-ogon-v-lyadinah/